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Macbeth...Macbeth...Macbeth Trivia Quiz

So you think you know the Scottish play? Well take this quiz and find out. It's not an easy quiz, but have fun and enjoy.

A multiple-choice quiz by Fiachra. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Fiachra

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
125,902

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
11 / 20

Plays
5885

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 183 (16/20), Guest 156 (10/20), Guest 213 (12/20).

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 20

1. Who speaks the line "so foul and fair a day I have not seen"? Hint

The Sergeant

The Witches

Macbeth

Banquo

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Question 2 of 20

2. Have the witches the power of life and death?

Yes

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Question 3 of 20

3. Who challenged the witches "If you can look into the seeds of time ... speak to me"?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 4 of 20

4. Complete Duncan's comment,
"There's no ... to find the mind's construction in the face". Hint

Way

Skill

Method

Art

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Question 5 of 20

5. Complete Lady Macbeth's assessment of her husband, as she reads his letter. "Art not without ambition but without the ... should attend it."

Answer: ( abstract sick)

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Question 6 of 20

6. Did Lady Macbeth intend to kill Duncan herself at one point in the play?

Yes

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Question 7 of 20

7. Who spoke this line on the battlements, "How goes the night, boy?" Hint

Macbeth

Duncan

Lady Macbeth

Banquo

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Question 8 of 20

8. What stuck in Macbeth's throat as he left Duncan's bedchamber? Hint

Bless us

Amen

Forgive us

Food

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Question 9 of 20

9. Which of these characters was not admitted by the porter in his comic role as the porter of hells gate? Hint

Tailor

Equivocator

Judge

Farmer

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Question 10 of 20

10. Who discovered Duncan's body? Hint

Macduff

Malcolm

Banquo

Donalbain

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Question 11 of 20

11. What fatal decision did Banquo make at the beginning of Act 3? Hint

All of these

Believed the witches

Kept his suspicions to himself

Made himself an easy target

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Question 12 of 20

12. What excuse did Lady Macbeth offer to the guests for her husband's behaviour at the coronation feast? Hint

Exhaustion

The wine

A fit

The food

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Question 13 of 20

13. Complete these lines "There's not a one but in whose house I keep a ... fee'd"

Answer: (one who works for him - One Word)

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Question 14 of 20

14. Which apparition upset Macbeth the most? Hint

Crowned child

Armoured head

Bloody child

Eight kings

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Question 15 of 20

15. News reached Macduff of his family's murder when he was in England.

True

False

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Question 16 of 20

16. What item did the mad Lady Macbeth insist on having by her constantly? Hint

Bible

A knife

A light

Wine

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Question 17 of 20

17. Who was Seyton? Hint

Thane

Servant

Soldier

Lord

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Question 18 of 20

18. Complete these lines "A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying ..."

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 19 of 20

19. How many people did Macduff kill at the end of the play? Hint

One

Three

Two

Five

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Question 20 of 20

20. What reward did Malcolm promise his thanes for their help in re-gaining his throne? Hint

Jobs

Land

Titles

Money

Most Recent Scores

Dec 17 2024 : Guest 183: 16/20
Dec 16 2024 : Guest 156: 10/20
Dec 10 2024 : Guest 213: 12/20
Dec 10 2024 : Guest 109: 16/20
Dec 08 2024 : Guest 49: 9/20
Dec 03 2024 : Guest 106: 10/20
Dec 02 2024 : Guest 86: 6/20
Nov 29 2024 : Guest 174: 19/20
Nov 28 2024 : NParveen: 18/20

Score Distribution

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who speaks the line "so foul and fair a day I have not seen"?

Answer: Macbeth

Macbeth repeated the adjectives 'foul and fair', used earlier by the witches, a clever dramatic hint from Shakespeare, to tell us of Macbeth's nascent wickedness.

2. Have the witches the power of life and death?

Answer: No

They could, however, make life mighty unpleasant, as they indicate in the account of the sailor on his way to Aleppo. "Though his bark cannot be lost yet it shall be tempest-tost".

3. Who challenged the witches "If you can look into the seeds of time ... speak to me"?

Answer: Banquo

The witches wanted silence to let their prophecies take hold in Macbeth's mind, but Banquo challenged them to tell his future too.

4. Complete Duncan's comment, "There's no ... to find the mind's construction in the face".

Answer: Art

This is a wonderful example of irony. Duncan had been deceived by the former Thane of Cawdor and was now making the same mistake with Macbeth.

5. Complete Lady Macbeth's assessment of her husband, as she reads his letter. "Art not without ambition but without the ... should attend it."

Answer: Illness

"Art not without ambition but without the illness that should attend it." Act I, Scene 5

6. Did Lady Macbeth intend to kill Duncan herself at one point in the play?

Answer: Yes

Yes, she feared her husband's nature and sold her soul in the unforgettable lines "Come to my woman's breasts and take my milk for gall". Later, she changed her mind as Duncan looked too much like her father as he slept.

7. Who spoke this line on the battlements, "How goes the night, boy?"

Answer: Banquo

Banquo had a sense of impending trouble, he could not sleep and walked with his son Fleance trying not to think of the witches' prophecies.

8. What stuck in Macbeth's throat as he left Duncan's bedchamber?

Answer: Amen

In their drugged sleep the chamberlains spoke their night prayers; from habit Macbeth tried to join in, but could not. This is another example of Shakespeare's skill in telling us subtly how goodness has been eclipsed by evil.

9. Which of these characters was not admitted by the porter in his comic role as the porter of hells gate?

Answer: Judge

Inverness, Macbeth's castle, has become hell. The scene is funny, in a coarse way, a relief from the tension of the murder scene. It is packed with dramatic irony.

10. Who discovered Duncan's body?

Answer: Macduff

Macduff is only introduced to us in this scene. He has to make a big impact so he really goes overboard,(I think),in his announcement of Duncan's death.

11. What fatal decision did Banquo make at the beginning of Act 3?

Answer: All of these

Macbeth cleverly got Banquo to tell him of his day's plans. It was done so casually, as part of polite conversation, that Banquo probably did not realise the danger he had created for Fleance and himself. This, compounded with his silence, sealed his fate.

12. What excuse did Lady Macbeth offer to the guests for her husband's behaviour at the coronation feast?

Answer: A fit

At first she claimed the fit was momentary, but when Macbeth began mentioning 'sights' she ordered the guests to leave in a hurry.

13. Complete these lines "There's not a one but in whose house I keep a ... fee'd"

Answer: servant

Macbeth, like so many tyrants, was becoming paranoid.

14. Which apparition upset Macbeth the most?

Answer: Eight kings

The eight kings were followed by Banquo who pointed at them for his. Macbeth knew he had lost his soul for Banquo's heirs.

15. News reached Macduff of his family's murder when he was in England.

Answer: True

"O sinful Macduff they were struck for thee."

16. What item did the mad Lady Macbeth insist on having by her constantly?

Answer: A light

Once she craved darkness; now she dreaded it.

17. Who was Seyton?

Answer: Servant

Do you think Shakespeare was punning on a certain name here?

18. Complete these lines "A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying ..."

Answer: nothing

Not even the death of his wife could move Macbeth to remorse.

19. How many people did Macduff kill at the end of the play?

Answer: One

Only Macbeth, to avenge his family's murders.

20. What reward did Malcolm promise his thanes for their help in re-gaining his throne?

Answer: Titles

They were to be known as earls.

Source: Author Fiachra

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